Python Salaries
The average salary for Python jobs is $184.3k – $293.2k per year across 997 jobs. Pay ranges from $120.2k – $189.9k for Entry Level roles to $117.7k – $222.9k at the Associate level.
Median salary
$225k
Based on 997 jobs · 6% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$145k
Average
$238.8k
75th percentile
$356.5k
Python salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $120.2k – $189.9k | 43 | +24% |
| Mid Level | $158.5k – $260.5k | 244 | +7% |
| Senior | $190.3k – $304.3k | 666 | +3% |
| Director | $257.2k – $328.1k | 11 | +6% |
| Associate | $117.7k – $222.9k | 5 | +22% |
Top companies for Python salaries
10 companies hiring for Python roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $160.3k – $286.3k · 223 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $132.4k – $194.2k · 85 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $247.9k – $347.1k · 85 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $282.0k – $372.2k · 84 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $140.8k – $237.6k · 67 jobs
xAI
Avg. $175.9k – $402.7k · 57 jobs
Scale
Avg. $200.0k – $260.6k · 45 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $178.8k – $217.8k · 40 jobs
Perplexity
Avg. $221.5k – $379.5k · 31 jobs
LangChain
Avg. $178.6k – $226.3k · 24 jobs
Python salaries by location
Average Python salaries across 23 locations.
San Francisco
Avg. $224.2k – $313.2k · 347 jobs
Santa Clara
Avg. $164.7k – $303.5k · 197 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $149.5k – $249.3k · 60 jobs
New York City
Avg. $208.3k – $289.5k · 52 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $150.6k – $226.5k · 49 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $177.2k – $406.6k · 48 jobs
San Jose
Avg. $145.7k – $263.2k · 22 jobs
Foster City
Avg. $183.5k – $277.6k · 17 jobs
Austin
Avg. $127.9k – $387.8k · 17 jobs
London
Avg. $228.9k – $308.8k · 16 jobs
Related titles
Top paying titles across 6 titles.
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.3k – $313.3k · 510 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $182.7k – $283.5k · 201 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.5k – $308.9k · 201 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $202.2k – $316.4k · 187 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.1k – $344.9k · 162 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.5k – $311.4k · 161 jobs
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Python salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.